Wednesday, Oct. 18

We arrived early at the duplex we were "deconstructing" in Mid-City NOLA today to finish the job of removing the ceilings and walls. It took about 4 hours to finish, but having scaffolding helped a lot, and with a few folks tearing things down, and another team removing debris to the pile outside the house, we finished the job. The hardest part was the smallest room....the bathroom, which was just too small for more than one person to work in at a time.

After lunch the Paducah group, plus Danny--who is here from Tulsa on his third trip this year to Westside--went to a location in Jefferson Parish to build walls in a small office in a strip mall that the Church of Christ "Operation Nehemiah" will use to display cabinets and flooring that they will sell to people trying to rebuild under The Road Home Program at greatly reduced cost. In a nutshell, we were to frame and area in the front of the building to create a space where the products they will have available can be shown to clients. We spent most of the time making a game plan and buying lumber.

At the end of the day we made a trip into the Quarter for an absolutely fantastic meal at K Paul's Louisiana Kitchen. Chef Paul Prudhomme was actually there last night, so it was a special treat to see him. Food was great!

Tomorrow it's back to the showroom project.